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Allain, Violet Anselmini – 1985
There is a trend to bring professional development of teachers, whether it be graduate college courses, district held workshops, or some other in-service programs, under closer scrutiny. This is a partial response to demands for accountability and the problems inherent with the "greying" of the teacher workforce. A growing body of research…
Descriptors: Career Development, Decision Making, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
Hatch, Douglas D. – 1986
An outline is presented of a contingency plan for developing sound classroom management practices. The plan revolves around a conceptual model of the different maturity levels of each individual staff member in relation to their classroom management skills. In the model, a group of peer observers monitors the progress of those staff members whose…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching
Albertson, Larry M. – 1985
As an introduction to exploring the possibilities of an inservice plan to facilitate teacher cognitive development, the theories of educational philosophers and developmental psychologists are cited in arriving at a broad definition of the cognitive development of adults. From these theories it is surmised that teachers do operate at different…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Development, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development
Newman, Katherine K.; And Others – 1980
Teachers' understandings and interpretations of their own development can be a positive influence on their further professional development. Research on teacher career development has revealed certain atypical stages of development experienced over a teacher's long-term career. Three developmental phases occur. The first phase lasts from about age…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development
Grippin, Pauline C. – 1989
The literature on teacher education indicates that cooperating teachers are significant persons in the professional training of teachers, that student teachers are reinforced for reproducing the kinds of teaching styles they most often experience as students. This paper suggests a model of teacher training that identifies practicing outstanding…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Download full textBurden, Paul R.; Wallace, David – 1983
Research in staff development and in teacher career development provides useful information so that staff development programs can be tailored to accommodate teachers' needs at different career stages. Findings of studies on staff development have identified characteristics of successful inservice programs. Collaboration between all participants…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Individual Development
